Looks like it will be the typical type of season... 2 fish bag, only one chinook, release wild coho.... only they will start it on June 1 until the quota is gone. It should be interesting to see how long it lasts.

The idea behind the earlier opener is that fewer coho are around, hopefully reducing impacts on wild coho while allowing greater opportunity for chinook harvest. I am sure the charters will do their darndest to stay off the coho as much as is humanly possible... especially since they tend to be such dinks early in the summer... and they need to save those impacts for later in order to extend the duration of the season for as long as the quota possibly allows.

So effectively, the early part of the season may well function as a one fish bag on chinook since a good chunk of the participants are gonna want to stay off the coho anyway.

Looking forward to making the most of it, maybe see some of you out in the big blue pond!
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